Definitions for dockerˈdɒk ər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dock•erˈdɒk ər(n.)

  1. a longshoreman.

Origin of docker:

1755–65

dock•erˈdɒk ər(n.)

  1. a person or device that docks tails.

Origin of docker:

1800–10

Princeton's WordNet

  1. stevedore, loader, longshoreman, docker, dockhand, dock worker, dockworker, dock-walloper, lumper(noun)

    a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port

Wiktionary

  1. docker(Noun)

    One who performs docking, as of tails.

  2. docker(Noun)

    A dockworker.


Translations for docker

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

docker(noun)

a person who works in the docks.

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